Guyana News

Whitewater, the largest Indigenous settlement in the Mabaruma sub-region, got its name from a crystal stream that runs through it, though over time it has become less transparent.

Trade unionist Carvil Duncan yesterday said that he was asked by President David Granger in February to resign as Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) and from other constitutional commissions.

Former auditor-general Anand Goolsarran believes there is no need for witnesses to pursue a case against former finance minister Dr Ashni Singh for alleged financial wrongdoings while in office, but Attorney-General Basil Williams insists that no case can hold up in court without witnesses.

A 75-year-old motorcyclist succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning, just hours after he was involved in a collision with a minibus along Sheriff Street.

As private cane farmers sat under a shed at the Wales Estate waiting for their cane to be discharged from trailers, they contemplated their future knowing that their main source of income is about to crumble.

Three days ago when he officially donned the black robe and was accepted as a lawyer by Justice Sandra Kertizious young Mandel Moore knew that he had not only fulfilled his dream but that of his now deceased father who was his main motivator to use his brain to be equal to others.

For a young expectant mother, who already has a daughter, the news of government’s plan to increase maternity leave from three months to six months sounded like sweet music to her ear, but soon reality stepped in and she immediately thought about the country’s economy and the affordability of such a move.

Parents of students attending a Berbice secondary school are calling for the Ministry of Education to investigate the school, after their children claimed that a drug-using teacher had given them “a pull.”

The Guyana Medical Relief donated medical supplies on Tuesday last valued at $18 million, whilst Food for the Poor Inc, provided a truck load of goods, to Region Six Health Services.

Work is expected to commence on the East Bank Berbice main access road before month end  according to Region Six Chair-man David Armogan.

Members of a Laing Avenue family were forced to find alternative living arrangements yesterday after their home was flooded when a sudden shower of rain disrupted roof repairs being done by their neighbour upstairs.

The police have released the two persons who were held earlier this week in connection with the murder of Cornelia Ida pensioner, Bibi Keneiz.

Trade unionist Carvil Duncan today said that he had been asked by President David Granger during a February meeting to resign as Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) and from other constitutional commissions.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Cholera outbreaks have killed at least 13 people in southwest Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, government officials told Reuters on Saturday, voicing concern that the disease was spreading.

Guyana yesterday welcomed a US$297,000 ($62.3 million) grant from the United States that will see the Carter Center assisting its efforts to become a candidate of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

Chairman of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Board of Directors Nigel Hinds on Thursday tendered his resignation, while saying that he could not perform in the best interest of the company as a “rubber stamp.”

Engineer Charles Ceres yesterday vehemently denied that he resigned as a member of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Board of Directors because of issues with Chief Executive Officer Dr.

General Secretary of the Alliance for Change (AFC) David Patterson believes that his party has successfully advocated for a reduction in the powers of Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

A man is now dead and a boat operator is in police custody after the boats they were travelling in collided in the Moruca River, North West District, late yesterday afternoon.

It is the view of some vendors occupying the canopy section of the Stabroek Market that the rifle reportedly discovered there Wednesday night was planted to discredit them in a plot to remove them from that location.